Jewellery box ➔ Mesquita.
Identifier:
MusA-307Description
This jewellery box is a handmade piece, crafted out of noble walnut woods, satinwood and sycamore. Due to its design, the author called it Mosque.Geometrically, the jewellery box is composed by a cube with a 8cm edge - the storage compartment – and on the top by a semi-sphere with a diameter of 3,6cm - the lid. The semi-sphere replicating the dome of a mosque, is built in such a way that its centre coincides with the centre of the cube’s upper face. In the opening process, the lid completely separates from the body of the piece. The difference between the length of the diameter of the semi-sphere and the edge of the cube helps create a three-dimensional image similar to the mockup of a mosque. The motif used in the decoration of the semi-sphere is a portal for the decoration of the Hipóstila room, in the Mosque of Córdoba.
Dimensões
8 cm; widthDate
1990-1999 Date manufactureInternal Notes
Este guarda-joias foi construído na década dos anos 90, do século 20, com madeiras nobres, em sicómero, nogueira, pau-cetim. Devido ao seu design o autor designou-a por "Mesquita". A peça é essencialmente decorativa, no entanto, o seu cariz é utilitário, servindo portanto, como guarda-joias. O guarda-joias "Mesquita" faz parte integrante da coleção dos 81 guarda-joias, doada à Universidade de Aveiro pelo Sr. Eng.º Joaquim Domingos Capela em Dezembro de 2013.Languages
EnglishPortuguese
Related people
Engenheiro Joaquim Domingos Capela (1943) ()Oficina Joaquim Domingos Capela ()
Related place
Vila Nova de Gaia (was created at)Related Term
Related Terms
Exhibitions (depicts)Jewelry box (depicts)
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Cube (depicts)
Hemisphere (depicts)
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